Lexicon of Arguments

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III 21
Non-existence/Non-existentnatural laws/Armstrong: E.g. "Nothing is faster than light": Armstrong: this is an uninstantiated natural law. -
VsRegularity theory: it is no "empty" law (derived from paradox of implication). >Implication Paradox.
LewisVsArmstrong: [the above example is an] universal statement, which also includes the negation. Natural law/Armstrong: also applies to non-existent entities. (regularity th. Vs). >Regularity Theory.
III 163ff
Non-existent: E.g. fictional grammars can be stronger or more complex: then [sentences about non-existent entities] are relations!
Vs: better assume >counterfactual conditionals.
Problem: what is the truth-maker here? >Truthmakers.
Possible solution: assume a conceptual truth, which is more complex. - Problem: laws are no "conceptual truths". >Analyticity.

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